#MySARSStory: A Man Of The People
While the passengers were alighting from the vehicle and their luggage was being brought out, a policeman attached to Fidelity Bank, Okutukutu in Yenagoa, approached Daniel and shot him.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 23, 2021
When a beloved bus driver refused to surrender his car keys to a security man, he was shot in his ear and his spinal cord, sparking a four-day battle for his life which he eventually lost.
Daniel Ikechukwu Ugwu, who died in January 2020 at the age of 32, was a native of Imilike Ani, a town in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
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FRSC retrains Peace Mass Transit drivers
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Over 2,000 drivers of Peace Mass Transit Ltd. are currently undergoing the annual retraining and recertification program of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FSRC, in Enugu.
Statutorily, corporate commercial transport operators, with a fleet of three vehicles and above, are required to undertake the cost of and provide enabling environment for retraining and recertification of its drivers by the FRSC, as a mandatory condition for renewal of its operational license.
Peace Mass Transit is on record as having the best possible record on this score.
It regularly ensures drivers in its employ get these refresher courses on schedule, mostly handled by experienced FSRC operatives, at the beginning of every year, and intermittently within the year, by equally knowledgeable PMT safety and training officers.
• Flipside Of Police Brutality
Following the heightened attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country, as well as, the general feeling of insecurity in the nation, the demand for land and mortgage increased in Southeast, particularly Enugu State.
The scramble for land stoked fresh concerns as land ownership disputes escalated. In some cases, owners and communities made conflicting claims, even as speculators cashed in on the increased demands to ambush desperate developers.
Recently, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, sent a signal to the Commissioner of Police (CP) Enugu State, Ahmad Abdulrahman, urging the CP to check the trespass on a parcel of land owned by Mrs. Uju Ohanenye, a businesswoman.
The prices of major food items, such as bags of beans, pepper, tomatoes, eggs amongst others have witnessed a significant surge in Lagos State markets, while the price of local and foreign rice record a slight decrease.
This is according to the latest market survey, carried out by Nairalytics Research – the research arm of Nairametrics.
According to the report, a big bag of brown beans that was initially sold for an average of N33,500, rose by 3.7% to sell for an average of N34,750. Also, the price of a big bag of honey beans increased by 7.02% to sell for an average of N24,750.